Frankfurt: The Frankfurtinating

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Got into Frankfurt last night. Here until Tuesday afternoon. Mostly for fun, actually. Going to paint the town NERD.

Dinner last night: excellent Eritrean at Africa Queen near the HBF. The Gored-Gored was nice and spicy.

Today I will: go to the transportation museum, and maybe one art museum. I will attempt to get tickets for the Crucible at the English theatre. I think they're sold out though, sadly. If so I'll watch a movie somewhere.

Tomorrow: the science museum, as that is open on Monday, then gawking at bank buildings.

Tuesday: TBD.

Bloggery will be periodic from my phone, as long as it has power. The battery has been "iffy" for some time now, so we'll see.

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Why don't you go to one of the many fests, like the Osthafen Fest, the Applewine Fest on the Ross Markt, the Brunnen fest in Sachsenhausen, or the Antoniter Fest on Töngesgasse?

Other things are open on Monday, like the Palmengarten, the Senckenburg Museum, the Zoo, the Geld Museum, and the Goethe Haus opens at 1400. What about the Klein Markt Halle? Did you know all the banks have open lobbies you can go into? You could also go to the top of the Main Tower or the top of the Kaiserdom. Have you thought about simply going on a tour in Frankfurt and to get the best idea of what the city has to offer? Use Trip Advisor or Google for companies offering tours in Frankfurt.

For museums, the Liebig Haus and the Schirn have a Jeff Koons exhibit. The Judengasse Museum is pretty interesting and the Jewish Holocaust Memorial Wall next to it, that surrounds the medieval Jewish cemetery is a must if you are visiting Frankfurt.

Next weekend though, the Museums Ufer Fest is happening. The best fest ever.

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Thanks for the suggestions. The Osthafen web site crashes my browser on account of hideous widgetry. I'd have come next week for the museum fest, but it wasn't practical for various reasons. I generally put together my own city experience rather than take tours. Yes, I very much plan to visit the bank building lobbies :)

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That was actually pretty good, if short. Did you know that the next model of subway car will come equipped with straps to affix passengers to the ceiling? And that they're considering getting rid of anti-vandalism enforcement?

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OK, one huge dissatisfaction. I knew that German hotel/pension rooms are not necessarily going to have AC; that's why I went with a big chain. Unfortunately, not there either. Fine. But they don't have enough fans for all the guests either. Newsflash: Germany actually does have a summer. Unfortunately, it's a prepaid reservation. You get what you pay for. But I'm not going to get much sleep in Frankfurt. I was really hoping for AC, next time I'll call and check.

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Looked at some bankly things and took a pic of the Alte Oper, and now about to have Korean food. This Frankfurt trip I am taking at a more leisurely pace than Berlin and Munich, since it is possible to do day trips here in the future from SB, and *certainly* reasonable to do an overnight. Plus the heat is murderous and lethargy-inducing. I used to be able to take this in stride when I was living in the USA, but then everything in the US is a planet-killing Klimaanlage.